Athena

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Female Female Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Αθηνα (Athena), the name of the Greek goddess of wisdom of uncertain meaning [1] [2]

Some theories (although the name is almost certainly of pre-Greek origin [2]) are:

1. Greek a thuntos = 'immortal' [2]

2. Greek a tithene = 'not nursed (by a mother)' [2]

3. Greek αθηρ αινη (ather aine) = 'sharp praise' [3]

Related Names

     
Atena ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Athena ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Athene ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Athina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Aþena ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic

Grammar

Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Athena
Accusative: Athenu
Dative: Athenu
Genitive: Athenu

Further Information

Namesakes

Athena Marguerite Françoise Marie, prinsesse til Danmark, komtesse af Monpezat (Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat), born: 24 January, 2012

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[4] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 116 305 0 0
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m0.png 63 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[6] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m0.png 16 31 0 0
Finland Finland[7] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 27 n.a 3
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[4][5][6][7]:Name statistics for Athena(f)


Sources: [4] [5] [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  2. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
  3. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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